Our Team

Milagros Mensah

Executive Director (Run for a Cure Africa Ghana)

Milagros Mensah is a native Venezuelan, and has been involved with Run For A Cure Africa since its inception, first as a volunteer while living in Nigeria and then as a founding member of RFCA Ghana where she moved in 2011 with her husband and three children. Her passion for RFCA derives from her personal experience, having lost her mother to breast cancer at a young age. She learned first hand the impact of the disease and vowed to focus her energy contributing to win the fight against breast cancer.

Milagros graduated with a degree in Economics, and for the last 25 years she has linked her education background and leadership skills with her passion for volunteering and non-profit work. She has actively contributed in many organizations throughout her globetrotting years with her family. Ghana, the native country of her husband, is now home, and it has provided the perfect opportunity to cement her philanthropic calling for the long term.

Virginie Kontchou

Executive Director (Run For a Cure Africa Cameroon)

Virginie Kontchou is originally from Cameroon. She is a teacher of French, she holds a Bachelor’s in Language Arts, a Master’s in Business Administration, and she is certified in Early Childhood Education. Virginie Kontchou has served on the Run For a Cure planning committee since its inception. Having lost her father to cancer, she wants to alleviate the pain one feels from losing a loved one to this disease. She advocates unwaveringly through her spouses company and other corporations, pushing for sponsorship and participation in large numbers and organizing groups to join the fight against breast cancer. She is married with three children.

Ebele Mbanugo

Executive Director (Run For a Cure Africa Nigeria)

Outside of her diligent work towards breast cancer education and awareness for the less privileged, has been in education for over 12 years. As an educator (her first passion) she has worked in both special and general education. With a mind-set for service, Ebele Mbanugo has worked with children with learning and emotional disabilities through the LOVAAS Institute for Autism and the national and community service corporation, Americorps. She is a proud member of the community service sorority, Delta Sigma Theta. She holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Southern Methodist University. She also has a Master’s in Educational Administration and is completing her Doctorate in Education.

Board of Directors

Kelly Alston Hobbs arrived in Lagos with her expatriate husband in March of 2011. Prior to moving to Lagos, she worked with several Fortune 500 companies on process improvement and financial system integration initiatives. Most recently, Kelly has started her own digital and social media company, Kinexion Media. She is a proud graduate of North Carolina A&T State University. Kelly served on the first annual Big Hat Mother’s Day Brunch. While new to the area and the board, Kelly brings fresh ideas and is eager to support Run For a Cure Africa’s mission to turn the mortality rate into the survival rate.

Ebele Mbanugo, outside of her diligent work towards breast cancer education and awareness for the less privileged, has been in education for over 12 years. As an educator (her first passion) she has worked in both special and general education. With a mind-set for service, Ebele Mbanugo has worked with children with learning and emotional disabilities through the LOVAAS Institute for Autism and the national and community service corporation, Americorps. She is a proud member of the community service sorority, Delta Sigma Theta. She holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Southern Methodist University. She also has a Master’s in Educational Administration and is completing her Doctorate in Education.

Virginie Kontchou is originally from Cameroon. She is a teacher of French, she holds a Bachelor’s in Language Arts, a Master’s in Business Administration, and she is certified in Early Childhood Education. Virginie Kontchou has served on the Run For a Cure planning committee since its inception. Having lost her father to cancer, she wants to alleviate the pain one feels from losing a loved one to this disease. She advocates unwaveringly through her spouses company and other corporations, pushing for sponsorship and participation in large numbers and organizing groups to join the fight against breast cancer. She is married with three children.